Took my first AR build to the range today

Kimber45 · Aug 24, 2016

Finished my first AR last week. Went to the range today to see how she would shoot and am very pleased. 120 round and functioned flawlessly. Here are a couple pics. Iron sights at 25 yards, don't have a scope yet and can't see much past 25 yards these days.

Parts list
Anderson Lower
Ruger 4.5lb 2 stage trigger
Sanders Armory 18" Hbar upper 1 in 8 twist chrome lined
Magpul MOE SL stock
BCG from Surplus ammo

outrider58 · Aug 24, 2016

Nice shooting! That gun shows real promise. :thumbsup:

Seagrave1963 · Aug 24, 2016

Congratulations! (on the shooting and your 1st build!)

Kimber45 · Aug 24, 2016

Thanks guys.
I have a 2x7 leupold i'm going to put on it and see what I can do at 100 yrds.
I really like the Ruger trigger for the money.

Major03 · Aug 24, 2016

Sweet build

toddtrain · Oct 24, 2016

How Do you like this Upper? I have been looking at them. Hard to beat for the price.

Kimber45 · Oct 29, 2016

toddtrain said:
How Do you like this Upper? I have been looking at them. Hard to beat for the price.

I like it, you are right for the money you can't beat it. Pleasantly surprised how accurate it is. 18" H bar with the long rail does make it a little heavy though.

j8064 · Oct 29, 2016

Good shooting. Congrats on your first of (likely) several builds.
:thumbsup:

lee2 · Oct 30, 2016

That's a nice looking build.

tmd99 · Oct 30, 2016

nice! congrats!

BigT5g · Oct 30, 2016

Congrats. Gun and groups looking good

Alphabrew · Oct 30, 2016

Very good shooting

Oddway Otts · Oct 31, 2016

Nice looking build and good shooting. It looks a lot like my just assembled first build. Actually, my son did the building, I just picked the major parts: Palmetto upper, Spike lower and Wyndom stock. He got the Del-Ton lower parts kit and the square, pop-up sights (don't know the brand) and other odds & ends. Interestingly, she shot very well when he sighted her in at 25 yards with .223 ammo. When I got to the range with my Federal 5.56, things went south pretty quickly. She does not like the Federal 5.56 at all. At 100 yards with .223, from a rest, I could keep the groups inside about a tennis ball size. With the 5.56, most stayed on the paper, but the groups, if you could call them groups, were basket ball size. We even switched loads and mags so I didn't know which I was shooting, and the results stayed the same. Pretty much the same when my son shot it. I've never had a gun with such a dis-preference for a particular type of ammo. Naturally, my modest ammo stockpile is all 5.56. Looks like I'll be getting some .223 and doing a bit more practice.

Took my first AR build to the range today

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